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Yayati By V. S. Khandekar [paperback] V. S. Khandekar [Jan 01, 2015]
Originally written in Marathi by the celebrated V. S. Khandekar, Yayati is a novel that takes one of Indian mythology's most haunting figures and breathes urgent, flesh-and-blood life into him. The story draws from the ancient Mahabharata, where King Yayati, cursed with premature old age, persuades his youngest son to surrender his youth in exchange. It's the kind of premise that sounds almost impossibly dramatic, yet Khandekar handles it with a psychological depth that feels quietly devastating. What drives a man to consume everything around him in pursuit of pleasure? The novel sits with that question rather than rushing past it. Short, wrenching scenes give way to longer passages of reflection, pulling the reader between action and conscience. Khandekar won the Jnanpith Award, India's highest literary honour, partly on the strength of this very work, and it's easy to understand why. The prose, even in translation, carries a gravity that lingers. This paperback edition makes the novel accessible to a wider audience, and for anyone curious about classical Indian literature reimagined through a modern moral lens, it's a genuinely rewarding place to start.
- Author: V. S. Khandekar
- Publisher: Mehta Publishing House
- Genre: Historical Fiction
- ISBN: B07MJX3M65